Bills

SB 3282: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; WORKFORCE PELL GRANT PROGRAM; UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII; DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-02-12

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-02-13: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Establishes a statewide framework for the implementation of the federal Workforce Pell Grant Program to provide financial aid for certain short-term workforce education and training programs.  Establishes a Workforce Pell Grant Program Approval Committee within the Workforce Development Council.  Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules.  Effective 1/1/2077.  (SD1)

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Education9MIN
Feb 6, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Education

Senate Standing Committee on Labor and Technology9MIN
Feb 6, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Labor and Technology

Senate Standing Committee on Education1MIN
Feb 6, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Education

Senate Standing Committee on Labor and Technology1MIN
Feb 6, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Labor and Technology

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